Month: April 2017

From February through April, our class had the privilege of hosting a teacher-candidate from Lakehead University's Faculty of Education.

Miss Whipp, who is in the first year of the two-year teacher's college program, spent five Wednesdays observing in our classroom, and then five full weeks observing, co-planning and co-teaching. Miss Whipp started off her five week block teaching one subject. By Week 5 she was teaching almost full-time, in consultation with Mrs. Black.

Here are some pictures of Miss Whipp's time with us:

MATH

LITERACY

GYM & DAILY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY (DPA)

HEALTH

SOCIAL STUDIES

DRAMA

FAREWELL PARTY FOR MISS WHIPP!

This afternoon we threw a farewell party for Miss Whipp. A good time was had by all!

We want to thank Miss Whipp for inspiring us to learn, with her creative and fun lessons. We loved having her in our class and we are going to miss her!!

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Each year, police, emergency, medical and community service agencies run an educational event at ODAS Park, Orillia, for area Grade 5 students.

R.A.C.E. Against Drugs is a fun, interactive, multi-station event that aims to educate students about the dangers of drugs, alcohol and tobacco, and to provide students with some refusal strategies that can help them make healthy and safe life choices. The acronym R.A.C.E stands for "Respect, Action, Courage and Excellence."

Here are some pictures of this year's R.A.C.E. Against Drugs field trip:

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Today, Rama Central P.S. students from Grades 3-6 travelled to Toronto, to visit the Ontario Science Centre. Our class attended two laboratory sessions that fulfill Grade 5 science curriculum expectations and spent the remainder of the day exploring the centre.

Here are some memories of our day...

THE SCIENCE ARCADE:

HUMAN BODY SYSTEMS LAB.:

BIOMECHANICS EXHIBIT:

ENERGY TRANSFORMATIONS LAB.:

WESTON FAMILY INNOVATION CENTRE:

What a fun, educational day!

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Today, our class enjoyed a wonderful afternoon at Springwater Provincial Park, learning how to locate water, build an emergency shelter and start a fire, using traditional First Nations methods.

Our instructor was park manager and Beausoleil First Nations elder Jeff Monague, who infused his teachings with the principles of taking only what is needed from the land, demonstrating respect for living beings and showing gratitude for nature's provisions. Mr. Monague also gave us advice about animal encounters and taught us several Ojibwa words

We want to thank Mr. Monague for his thoroughly engaging and very practical workshop. We are confident that if students in our class were ever lost in the woods they would be able to find water and build emergency shelters. (Fire-building might take a bit more practice!)